"I think that's a picture of us doing a pretty bad job of connecting families with programs that they really could use." The loss of union influence is another factor of persistent poverty ...

Illinois is the latest state to have Black Americans reportedly receiving racist text messages. Here's what we know.

Latin American poverty levels in 2023 fell to a 33-year low, led by progress in Brazil, the United Nations' Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) said in a report on Tuesday, ...

Researchers from Stockholm University, Bocconi University, and the Rockwool Foundation have studied poverty's lasting impact ...

The embracing of such a system means that income inequality is higher in the United States than in many parts of the world. The link between one’s personal income and poverty is obvious ...

The organization, which is run entirely by volunteers, works to overcome the root causes of poverty by providing food and counseling for over 3,000 individuals each year who would otherwise be ...

COBB COUNTY, Ga. — Civil rights groups including the ACLU on Friday announced a lawsuit to extend the return deadline for ...

THE World Bank has warned that most vulnerable households in Zimbabwe may fall below the poverty line due to increased food insecurity from the El Niño drought in the just-ended 2023/24 ...

The World Bank Group has set a clear mission: ending poverty and boosting shared prosperity on a livable planet. This report offers the first post-pandemic assessment of global progress toward these ...

The Southern Farmers Financial Association is being established by the Biden administration to help small farmers in ...

Its mere existence reminds us that every generation is susceptible ... result in shortages and poverty. As the world has moved toward a growth-based economy, worldwide poverty has plummeted.

Sri Lanka holds a snap election on Thursday which will determine if the South Asian island nation wants to empower its new, ...